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Richard's conflicts with Henry's wife, Margaret of Anjou, and other members of Henry's court, such as Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset, and his competing claim to the throne, were leading factors in the political upheaval of mid-fifteenth-century England, and a major cause of the Wars of the Roses (1455–1487).
Cecily Neville (3 May 1415 – 31 May 1495) was an English noblewoman, the wife of Richard, Duke of York (1411–1460), and the mother of two kings of England—Edward IV and Richard III.
Richard, 3rd duke of York (born Sept. 21, 1411—died Dec. 30, 1460, near Wakefield, Yorkshire, Eng.) was a claimant to the English throne whose attempts to gain power helped precipitate the Wars of the Roses (1455–85) between the houses of Lancaster and York.
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The marriage of Richard and Cecily was a fruitful one, with 7 of their 12 children surviving into adulthood. Upon Richard, Duke of York’s death in 1460, their eldest son Edward, Earl of March became torch-bearer for the York claim to the throne.
Wife: Cecily Neville, Duchess of York: Issue Detail: Anne, Duchess of Exeter; Edward IV, King of England; Edmund, Earl of Rutland; Elizabeth of York, Duchess of Suffolk; Margaret of York; George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence; Richard III, King of England and France
Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York (see here), born 1411. Descendant of Aoife Mac Murrough. He mar Cecily Neville [born 1415, descendant of Edward III and of Aoife Mac Murrough]. Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland 1447-1453. The Wars of the Roses began in 1455. Struggle between House of York and House of Lancaster for the English throne. The Duke of ...
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Sep 1, 2021 · RICHARD, Duke of York (1411–1460), was the only son of Richard of Conisborough, earl of Cambridge (d. 1415) [q. v.], by his first wife, Anne Mortimer, sister of Edmund, earl of March.
